Good signing - hugely overpriced however and he'll only work if chances are created for him. How will you accomodate Shearer, Luque and Owen this season? Will Shearer be happy to take a backseat role for his final season or will one of the multi-million pound signings be on the bench?
Difficult to see how he will fit into the side at the moment - he certainly needs good players around him and so far Newcastle haven't created the chances, but the season's still young so on one hand he could be exactly what the need; on the other he could be ineffective if your lack of creativity continues.
And whilst he is a big name signing, I would have reservations about him if I were a Newcastle fan; he obviousdly doesn't care for the club, so you can hardly pretend he joined because you're a big club - he joined because, apart from Everton, Newcastle were the only side to make a bid for him and he wouldn't get into the world cup squad if he wasn't playing regular football. Owen isn't the type of player Everton need I don't think anyway - they need someone to hold it up rather than run onto balls.
He could fit into the Newcastle side well in that case - but surely he has to do a lot before he wins over the St James' crowd after he made it clear he didn't really want to join?
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